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U.S. military says it disabled cargo ship in Gulf of Oman

U.S. Central Command said Nov. 7 it fired precision munitions at the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman after the crew ignored blockade warnings, according to CENTCOM and Al Jazeera.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
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  1. Our desk updated its story
  2. New headline Was: “U.S. military says it disabled cargo ship in Gulf of Oman”
  3. Our desk updated its story
  4. Al-Monitor and KSL are now reporting this
  5. New headline Was: “CENTCOM says it disabled St. Kitts-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman”
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  1. Our desk updated its story
  2. Al Jazeera is now reporting this
  3. AP is now reporting this
  4. U.S. Central Command, Middle East Eye and 2 more are now reporting this
  5. New headline Was: “US military says it disabled cargo vessel in Gulf of Oman”
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U.S. Central Command said its forces disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Nov. 7 after the civilian crew ignored repeated warnings and tried more than once to violate a U.S. naval blockade of Iran1.

CENTCOM said a U.S. military aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda after directing the crew to leave targeted spaces1.

The command said the cargo ship had visited an Iranian port and then tried to leave regional waters1.

CENTCOM said enforcement since July had redirected 147 commercial vessels that complied and disabled five merchant ships that did not, and that U.S. forces had previously destroyed 10 Iranian commercial oil tankers it linked to an IRGC shadow network1.

Al Jazeera reported the same U.S. account that forces fired on and disabled a St. Kitts-flagged cargo ship that ignored blockade warnings2.

Al Jazeera also said the United Arab Emirates reported on Sunday that it had rescued 22 sailors from a burning ship near the Strait of Hormuz; that report was not identified as the Huda2.

CENTCOM's release did not describe the crew's condition after the strike or independent confirmation of cargo1.

Sources

  1. U.S. Central CommandU.S. Forces Disable Cargo Vessel Attempting to Violate Naval Blockade
  2. Al JazeeraUS military attacks cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman

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